Crop improvement by genome editing involves the targeted alteration of genes to improve
plant traits, such as stress tolerance, disease resistance or nutritional content. Techniques …

A promising, sustainable way to enhance plant health and productivity is by leveraging
beneficial microbes. Beneficial microbes are natural soil residents with proven benefits for …

Soil-borne pathogens pose a major threat to food production worldwide, particularly under
global change and with growing populations. Yet, we still know very little about how the soil …

Background Plants and their associated microbiota constitute an assemblage of species
known as holobionts. The plant seed microbiome plays an important role in nutrient uptake …

The extraradical hyphae of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi are colonized by different
bacteria in natural and agricultural systems, but the mechanisms by which AM fungi interact …

To combat microbial pathogens, plants have evolved specific immune responses that can be
divided into three essential steps: microbial recognition by immune receptors, signal …

Fusarium head blight (FHB) is one of the most devastating diseases of cereal crops, causing
severe reduction in yield and quality of grain worldwide. In the United States, the major …

Hyaloperonospora arabidopsidis (Hpa) is an obligately biotrophic downy mildew that is
routinely cultured on Arabidopsis thaliana hosts that harbour complex microbiomes. We …

Despite increasing evidence that intercrop** systems may increase crop productivity, little
is known about whether and how soil biota change under interspecific competition among …

Covering: 2000 to up to 2023 α, β-Dehydroamino acids (dhAAs) are unsaturated
nonproteinogenic amino acids found in a wide array of naturally occurring peptidyl …